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Paperback, 2008
Current format, Paperback, 2008, , No Longer Available.
Paperback, 2008
Current format, Paperback, 2008, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
"Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right--forensically and psychologically." --Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun
In this "mystery of cold beauty and dark isolation, written with crystalline precision" ( Miami Herald ), a series of crib deaths in Syracuse, New York, draws the attention of police and national media. Is a serial infant murderer at large?
A "haunting story, icy cold in its upstate New York setting but glowing with the unusual brightness of its heroine" ( Eugene Weekly ), Origin stars a solitary fingerprint examiner who finds herself playing a critical role in the case. Diana Abu-Jaber, a "gifted and graceful writer" ( Chicago Tribune ), masterfully "transcends formula" ( Kirkus Reviews ) as "the tension of Origin escalates, shaped as much by beautifully nuanced prose as menacing events" ( New York Daily News ).
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